He was soon assured of that fact, for as the steamer was lit-up by the port-fire as well as the prahus, _bang, bang, bang, bang_, one after the other, came the reports of the brass guns the two long boats had on board, and a hail of small iron balls came whistling through the rigging.

Backpack marked with a 'bang' prompted Los Angeles' Union Station evacuation A BACKPACK with the word "bang" written on it prompted authorities to evacuate sections of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.

Backpack marked with a 'bang' prompted Los Angeles' Union Station evacuation A BACKPACK with the word "bang" written on it prompted authorities to evacuate sections of Union Station in downtown Los Angeles this afternoon local time authorities said.

Now instruments like WMAP, ACBAR and the Cosmic Background Imager have revealed the power spectrum of the cosmic background to a precision that we know the age of the Universe since the big bang is 13.73 +/- 0.1 billion year.